Noninvasive k(3) estimation method for slow dissociation PET ligands: application to [C-11] Pittsburgh compound B

作者：Sato Koichi; Fukushi Kiyoshi; Shinotoh Hitoshi; Shimada Hitoshi; Hirano Shigeki; Tanaka Noriko; Suhara Tetsuya; Irie Toshiaki; Ito Hiroshi^*

来源：EJNMMI Research, 2013, 3(1): UNSP 76.

DOI：10.1186/2191-219X-3-76

• [C-11]Pittsburgh compound B
• Alzheimer%26apos
• s disease
• Kinetic modeling
• PET quantification
• Reference tissue
• Slow dissociation ligand

Background: Recently, we reported an information density theory and an analysis of three-parameter plus shorter scan than conventional method (3P+) for the amyloid-binding ligand [C-11] Pittsburgh compound B (PIB) as an example of a non-highly reversible positron emission tomography (PET) ligand. This article describes an extension of 3P + analysis to noninvasive %26apos;3P++%26apos; analysis (3P + plus use of a reference tissue for input function). %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: In 3P++ analysis for [C-11] PIB, the cerebellum was used as a reference tissue (negligible specific binding). Fifteen healthy subjects (NC) and fifteen Alzheimer%26apos;s disease (AD) patients participated. The k(3) (index of receptor density) values were estimated with 40-min PET data and three-parameter reference tissue model and were compared with that in 40-min 3P + analysis as well as standard 90-min four-parameter (4P) analysis with arterial input function. Simulation studies were performed to explain k3 biases observed in 3P++ analysis. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: Good model fits of 40-min PET data were observed in both reference and target regions-of-interest (ROIs). High linear intra-subject (inter-15 ROI) correlations of k(3) between 3P++ (Y-axis) and 3P + (X-axis) analyses were shown in one NC (r(2) = 0.972 and slope = 0.845) and in one AD (r(2) = 0.982, slope = 0.655), whereas inter-subject k(3) correlations in a target region (left lateral temporal cortex) from 30 subjects (15 NC + 15 AD) were somewhat lower (r(2) = 0.739 and slope = 0.461). Similar results were shown between 3P++ and 4P analyses: r(2) = 0.953 for intra-subject k(3) in NC, r(2) = 0.907 for that in AD and r(2) = 0.711 for inter-30 subject k(3). Simulation studies showed that such lower inter-subject k(3) correlations and significant negative k(3) biases were not due to unstableness of 3P++ analysis but rather to inter-subject variation of both k(2) (index of brain-to-blood transport) and k(3) (not completely negligible) in the reference region. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: In [C-11] PIB, the applicability of 3P++ analysis may be restricted to intra-subject comparison such as follow-up studies. The 3P++ method itself is thought to be robust and may be more applicable to other non-highly reversible PET ligands with ideal reference tissue.

• 出版日期2013